Table 2.
Productivity, energy intake and nutrients according to BMI of sugarcane cutters studied at a plantation in Marechal Deodoro (Alagoas, Brazil).
| BMI (kg/m2) | Number of individuals n (%) | Average (±SD) productivity (ton/day) | Average (±SD) energy intake (kJ/day) |
Average (±SD) daily nutrient intake (g/kg body weight) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proteins | Carbohydrates | Lipids | ||||
| <21.5 | 25(40.3%) | 7.48 ± 1.5 | 12,380 ± 4,184 | 2.0 ± 0.5 | 7.4 ± 3.6 | 0.8 ± 0.6 |
| 21.5–25 | 30 (48.4%) | 9.12 ± 1.5 * | 16,506 ± 6,360 * | 2.1 ± 1.5 | 9.8 ± 4.1 * | 1.7 ± 0.7 * |
| >25 | 7 (11.3%) | 7.80 ± 1.7 | 13,215 ± 1,251 | 2.0 ± 0.5 | 8.5 ± 1.4 | 1.2 ± 0.3 |
*
ñ < 0.05; reprinted with permission from Arch. Latinoamer. Nutr. [104].